Schooners of the Royal Navy - Ballahoo Class Schooner, Cuckoo Class Schooner, HMS Advice (1779), HMS Algerine (1810), HMS Beatrice (1860), HMS Charl (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 42. Chapters: Ballahoo class schooner, Cuckoo class schooner, HMS Advice (1779), HMS Algerine (1810), HMS Beatrice (1860), HMS Charlotte (1798), HMS Chippeway (1812), HMS Congo (1816), HMS Cumberland (1803), HMS Diana (1775), HMS Dolphin (1813), HMS Dominica (1805), HMS Dominica (1807), HMS Dominica (1810), HMS Eclair (1801), HMS Fleur de la Mer (1807), HMS Flying Fish (1803), HMS Flying Fish (1806), HMS Grenville (1754), HMS Halifax (1768), HMS Harrier (1881), HMS Highflyer (1813), HMS Lark (1880), HMS Maria (1805), HMS Marie Antoinette (1793), HMS Monkey (1826), HMS Mosambique (1804), HMS Mosquidobit (1813), HMS Nancy (1789), HMS Nimble (1826), HMS Pickle (1800), HMS Pitt (1805), HMS Port Royal (1796), HMS Shelburne (1813), HMS Speedy (1798), HMS St Lawrence (1813), HMS Sultana, HMS Superieure (1803), HMS Toronto (1799), HMS Undine (1881), HMS Unique (1804), HMS Whiting (1812), Musquito class floating battery. Excerpt: HMS Pickle was a topsail schooner of the Royal Navy. She was originally a civilian vessel named Sting, of six guns, that Lord Hugh Seymour purchased to use as a tender on the Jamaica Station. Pickle was at the Battle of Trafalgar, and though she was too small to take part in the fighting, Pickle was the first ship to bring the news of Nelson's victory to Great Britain. She also participated in a notable single-ship action when she captured the French privateer Favorite in 1807. Pickle was wrecked in 1808, but without loss of life. Sting was built in 1799 in Bermuda, where this type of vessel was known as a Bermuda sloop. Vice-Admiral Lord Hugh Seymour, the commander in chief on the Jamaica Station, formally purchased Sting in December 1800 for 2,500, after having leased her for some time at 10 per day. His purchase was in defiance of orders not to purchase vessels. However, faced with a fait accompli, the..."